Wishful thinking

As William Shakespeare put it: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." Actually, I mean D.C. Both presidential candidates promised the creation of millions of new jobs, but they left out one little detail - how? What kind of jobs?

Recently I spent some time in a popular department store while waiting for my wife to complete her purchases and again my suspicions were confirmed. As I checked the labels of many items such as clothing, electronics, shoes and tools, the "Made in USA" label was nonexistent. What has happened to the mightiest industrial country in the world?

About one-half of our automobiles come from Japan, Germany and Korea. China, Malaysia, India, Pakistan and a few African countries are the source of other items such as clothing, computers and furniture. Is it any wonder there are more than 15 million Americans unemployed?

Unless our businesses and government work out a way to reverse the trend and re-industrialize our country, the creation of more jobs in the United States will be just wishful thinking. Both presidential candidates knew this, yet they kept promising what they could not deliver.

Without the cheap labor found in those countries, we would have to pay more for manufactured goods, but I feel that it would be worth it if it would put millions of Americans back to work. Of course, salaries and prices would have to be adjusted in light of these developments.

Unless those manufacturing jobs return to the United States, the rot in Washington, and unemployment, can only get worse. The American people will suffer.

ANTHONY SEMINARA

Cherry Hill

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Wishful thinking

As William Shakespeare put it: 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' Actually, I mean D.C. Both presidential candidates promised the creation of millions of new jobs, but they left out one